It was a crisp and cool night in the Ponyville section of Cantelot as Trickster and his goons were at a dog-food factory.

"This is my best plan yet," Trickster exclaimed as Brick and Smash carried a vat of his serum. "A drop or two of Trickster serum into each dog food and every fleabag in Canterlot will howl like hyenas *Laughs*! The kids will love it."

"Pardon me," Smash spoke up. "Your plan, how does one put it? Stinks on ice."

"I must concur, Smash," Brick agreed.

"Okay, one... you never ever talk to me like that. And two...when did you ever talk at all?" Trickster asked then both Brick and Smash were forms of slime. "Oh crap!"

"Oh, yes!" Both collide to reveal Slimer.

"Slimmer!" Trickster exclaimed then started to back away slowly with Slimer walking toward him.

"It's time you finally paid for making me into this monster, Trickster."

"Pay? You should thank me. Detective Galloway was so blah. This is an improvement!"

"This is a curse!"

Slimer luged at him, but Trickster rolls out of the way then threw his razor-shrap at him, then backflip his way toward the exit.

"Later hater!"

Slimer growled as popped the cards off and landed right in front of him.

"This time, there is no escape!" As Slimer grabbed him.

"How about we put me down and settle this like gentleman-" Slimer covered his mouth keeping him from speaking.

"Oh, we settle it, alright," Slimer's right arm formed into a spike ball prepared to strike.

Then Tornado, Ice Breaker, Rock Roller, and the Crusaders dropped in.

"Don't do it, Slimer," As Rock Roller armed her Calamity Hammer.

"Hello, ladies been expecting you," Slimer shot back at her. "Who are the kids?"

"We're the Crusaders, Rocket Blade, Harmonic, and me Ground Breaker," The young brawler exclaimed.

"Allow me to introduce my foot to your-"

"Put the clown down," Tornado said then Slimer dropped him.

"He's all yours. Just finsihin some old business...before I turn myself in as well," As he shifted back into alter-ego Greg Galloway.

"I thought Mr. Galloway was gone for good?" Ice Breaker asked.

"Me, too. But a criminal isn't who I am. I'm ready to pay for my crimes."

"Yeah, right, like we're going trust you," Tornado exclaimed.

"Who do you think tipped off the police?" He asked as they arrived.

"Freeze! Canterlot PD!" They surrounded them and armed their pistols then saw both Trickster tied up and Slimer handcuffed. "Two for one. Nice work."

"Thank him," Rock Roller pointed to Greg. "He made the collar and turned himself in."

Then the officers took both of them away.

---

Sometime later on the side of Canterlot, both Twilight and Sunset were watching the city unmasked and got winded up about what happened earlier both were joined by Starlight.

"During our Junior year, when I transferred over to Canterlot High, Greg and I saw each other at the natural history museum, we spend the whole day looking at artifacts, then once introduced him to Sunset and the others, we have best friends ever since," Twilight explained.

"Until Trickster and Melvin turned his mind into the mud," Starlight mentioned. "You said he tried to go straight before. Think you can trust him this time?"

"We both trusted him enough, to nearly reveal our secret to him. I'm not so anymore," Sunset said.

Later at Blackgate in the Havencroft section.

"Sunset!" Greg saw her on the other side. "Nice to see a friendly face around here."

"I bring news, the twins are close to making a cure. Very soon, Slimer will be a bad memory."

"That's great, Sunset, but I'm not sure if I want to be cured. I always thought what happened to me was a curse. But taking Trickster made me think. What if I serve my time and come back on the force as Slimer? The bad guys wouldn't stand a chance."

"Didn't Pheonix remind you that your powers lead to abuse? The only to bring back Greg Galloway fully is to rid you of Silmer completely."

---

Much later at the Canterlot Diner,

"Maybe I need a new headshot," Dalton Smith suggested after his latest acting gig went south.

"What would like to order?"

"The usual, onion rings, and steak sandwich."

After capturing Trickster, Slimer turned himself into Canterlot police. Detective Greg Galloway terrorized Canterlot City as Slimer, with his ability to change his shape and mold his features.

"Man, What I'd give to be able to mold this mug," Dalton heard the news.

Sanders Labs has isolated the mutagen that Galloway his powers and report they are close to developing a cure.

"What, a cure, talk about a waste," Then he realized something. "Sanders Labs, huh?

Much Later, He arrived at the lab in disguise.

"Okay people, where are we?" Let's go, talk to me."

"Can I help Dr. Novoff?"

"Somebody point me to the Slimer mutagen. I need to run an electron scan, stat!"

"Can I see your clearance?"

"I got your clearance right here! He pushed him out the way and grab the mutagen. "Look out people, highly unstable sample coming through!"

"Stop right there!" A security guard chased after him.

"Damn," As Dalton ran into a corner.

"Calm down, buddy. There's nowhere to go."

Dalton drank the mutagen.

"Too late," As he slid away.

...

...

"The suspect ingested a highly concentrated form of the Slmier mutagen Greg was exposed to," Twilight and Sunset went over the security footage.

"I don't get it, why would anyone be willing to down a dangerous substance?" Aria asked.

"There's a lot of troubled people, once we find him, we find our answer. Got a match. Dalton Smith. He's an actor. That is if starring in Revenge of the Atomic Clones qualifies as acting."

Both of them watch a short clip of his career.

"Can't imagine why he hasn't worked in the last ten years."

"I can think of some ideas."

---

Then at the Canterlot National Bank

"Okay, Smith, if the acting biz doesn't work, then time for Plan B, supervillain status quo will sure to work," Dalton said as saw the camera. "It's show time."

"Slimer. A most pitiable freak of nature. But it was not the mutation that turn him into a monster. Rather his fellow man who this troubled soul as a pariah."

He created a drill a tore right through a steel vault then open it and grabbed stacks of cash.

"And though he thought it was too late he secretly hoped for a chance at redemption."

Then a Sparkle Star shortens the camera.

"Show's over, Smith," Cyber Witch and Pheonix came in.

"It's not too late to get help," Pheonix exclaimed.

"And pal, you need serious acting lessons," Artic Ace added.

"Sorry girls and boy, but this is the role I was born to play."

Dalton increases the size and created two knives and lunged at them forcing all of them to dodge them then proceed to unleash everything from spike balls, swords, hammers, and axes but still landed a hit. Arctic charged his hands and froze but Dalton slipped away before it the ice froze his body, grabbed Arctic, and threw him across the room then trap Pheonix in slime. Then Cyber Witch threw her grapple at him.

"You're not a criminal, Smith," She reminded him. "Why use these powers to become one?"

"Because that's what the role is, isn't it, Cyber Witch?" Dalton asked then broke free. "Now that I'm a celebrity I'll need the cash to start living like one. Now answer me a question. How long can your fire friend her breath?"

Cyber Witch quickly threw a Dyna-Sparkle Star that frees Pheonix which Dalton escaped.

Later at the Blackgate.

"No one can stop, Smith, not even you," Greg told Pheonix as they watched the news of Slimer 2's crime spree. "I can help."

"Sorry, I know you want to help, but you're a liability," Pheonix walked away.

...

"Well you call it, Shimmer," Adagio said as they wind of Greg breaking out. "Thinking he's going after Smith?"

"Sometimes Greg's his own worst enemy but the good news, Sanders Labs have made the antidote. I'll go and pick[it up. You go after, Galloway."

---

"Now this is what I call payday," Dalton said as he carried priceless paintings then saw Phoenix and smashed her. "And bring rep to the underworld."

"Not so fast," Pheonix was actually Greg.

"Slimer?" Dalton was shocked as hoisted in the air.

"Knew you couldn't resist a chance to take her down. Plus, my grandma can do a better Cyber Witch than you."

Slimer threw to the ground, and then both Silmer and Silmer II fought each other trying to subdue each other.

"Why are you here?" He asked. "You're not a cop anymore."

"Once a cop, always a cop. And I will not rest until I bring you down."

"Not going to happen!"

Greg formed two spike ball hands and lunges at Dalton but he simply pushed him back.

"You see? I've been practicing. And this Slimer sequel will be better and bigger than the original."

Dalton cam right him, delivering punch after punch to his face then grabbed him and trapped him.

"You should've stayed in Blackgate!"

He formed a drill, but Greg grab hold of it then a wave of water came down on Dalton then a cold flow of wind froze him solid. It was Adagio and Aria who did it then Phoenix came with an antidote.

"Uh, I can explain," Greg said. "But I'm one of the good guys, now."

"Good guys, don't break out of Blackgate," Aria exclaimed the Dalton broke free. "I don't care that we need your help, take the antidote and sit this one out."

"Trust me, on this."

"Fine, hope I don't regret it."

Greg smiled then led the way, with the girls following behind, then Dalton grabbed two steel beams and chucked them, Pheonix let flame blast melting them then surprisedly the construed bridge gave out and fall.

"Is everyone okay?" Phoenix asked.

"Yeah, we're fine," Slimer replied. "I think we did it."

Then Simmer II reformed with most of the stuff inside.

"It's magic time!"

"We need to fall back," Adafiog said.

"No time, just get the antidote ready," Slimer headed toward Silmer II allow the others to escape then Slimer was around him.

"What the hell are doing? Get out of me!"

"Now the antidote! End it!"

"No!"

Phoenix jumped and inserted the antidote into them returning both to normal.

"Welcome back, Greg."

Much Later....

"So how it is?" Greg asked.

"The doctors gave to me straight, even though you and Smith share the antidote, your tests show a complete remission of the mutated cells," Pheonix replied.

"I know I have a long way to go but hope I could regain my trust with the others," Greg replied.

"I'll be glad to tell them." As Pheonix left.

.Meanwhile

"Checkmate," Queen Toxic was playing chess with Dalton. "They say you're cured. But I think you're still a little soft in the head."

Dalton grab the chess piece with the finger that stretched realizing his powers had come back.

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